Washing apparatus.



A. H. FLOYD.

WASHING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9. ms.

Patented Jul 30, 1918.

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Y WASHING APPARATUS- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J lily 30, 1918, I

Application filed February 9, 1918. Serial No. 216,296,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT R. FLOYD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Huntington, in the county'of Cabell and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

, This invention relates to certain improvements in washing apparatus and has relation more particularly to a device of this character especially designed and adapted for use in connection with tumblers and other articles of glass ware and the like which re quire unusual care in cleansing.

And it is an object of my invention to provide a novel and improved apparatus where,.

in streams of water are delivered under force in opposite directions upon the articles to be cleaned.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a novel and improved apparatus of this general character wherein the force employed for delivering or discharging the water upon the articles to be cleaned also serves to draw the water from a source of supply.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved apparatus whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device is rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, all as will be hereinafter mo e fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be hereinafter definitely claimed.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a view in perspective illustrating a washing apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention; and

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view partly in elevation and partly in section illustrating the steam nozzle and the adjacent portion of the coacting part.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, 1 denotes a tank of predetermined dimensions and capacity, and which is adapted to receive a spray of water through the medium of the valve controlled pipe 2 although the water may be applied within the tank 1 end is a depending extension 6 having its lower end open and which is ofsuch a length as to extend a predetermined distance below the level of the water within the tank 1. The opposite end portion of the pipe 5' is provided with an upstanding portion 6 continued by the substantially horizontal extension 7 disposed inwardly of the tank 1 and overlying and extending across the tracks or guides 3. Extending in opposite directions from the extension 7 and in a direction longitudinally of the tracks or guides 3 are the branch pipes 8 having their outer ends- 9 sealed and their undersurfaces provided with the restricted openings 10. The portion of the pipe 5 between thetracks or guides 3 is provided with oppositely directed branch pipes 11 extending longitudinally of the tracks or guides 3 and having their outer endsl2 closed and their upper surfaces provided with the restricted openings 14. Extendingwithin the end portion of the pipe 5 from which the'extension 6 depends is a steam nozzle 15 leading from a suitable source of supply and when a jet of steam is discharged from the nozzle 15 within the pipe 5 water will be drawn up from within the tank 1 through the extension 6 and discharged in reversed directions through the restricted openings 10 and 14 in the branches 8 and 11.

The articles to be cleaned are suitably positioned and the container is moved to a position between the branches 8 and 11 and the jets discharged therefrom upon the articles serve to effectively remove from such articles all foreign, matter resulting in a thorough cleansing of the articles. The water drains back into the tank 1 to be again used. 1 I

My invention has proven of a special advantage in connection with tumblers, finger bowls or other articles of glass wareor in connection with articles having etched designs thereon and which ordinarily require extreme care in the cleaning,

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that a washing apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention is of an extremely simple and comparatively inexpensive nature and is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without material departure from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice, except as hereinafter claimed.

Having described my invention, what I claim is: I

A washing" apparatus comprising a tank adapted to contain a supply of water, a pipe extending across the tank and provided with an upstanding portion continued by a substantially horizontal extension disposed inwardly of the tank and substantially in vertical alinement with the pipe, the vertically alined portions of the pipe and inwardly directed extension being provided with oppo sitely directed branch pipes, the branch pipes of the first named pipe and of the inwardly directed extension having their opposed faces provided with restricted openings, an extension depending from the first named pipe adjacent the end thereof remote from the upstanding portion of the pipe, said extension being of a length to terminate below the level of the fluid within the tank, a nozzle in communication with a fluid under pressure and extending within the pipe through the end thereof adjacent the depending extension, and an article carrying container movable between the first named pipe and the inwardly directed extension in communication with said pipe.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT R. FLOYD. Witnesses PQ E. ARCHER, CARNEY M. LAYNE.

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